Matthew Clay

Matthew Clay (25 May 1754-27 May 1815) was a member of the US House of Representatives (DR-VA 6) from 4 March 1797 to 3 March 1803 (succeeding Isaac Coles and preceding Abram Trigg), from VA-14 from 4 March 1803 to 3 March 1813 (succeeding Samuel Jordan Cabell and preceding William A. Burwell), and from VA-15 from 4 March 1814 to 27 May 1815 (interrupting John Kerr's terms).

Biography
Matthew Clay was born in Halifax County, Virginia in 1754, the brother of Green Clay and the cousin of Henry Clay, and he served as a quartermaster in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War. He went on to serve in the House of Delegates from 1790 to 1794 and then in the US House of Representatives from 1797 until his death in 1815.